?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Multistage+Acquisition+of+Intelligent+Behaviour&rft.creator=Josephson%2C+Brian+D.&rft.creator=Hauser%2C+H.+M.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Human+skills+are+acquired+not+by+a+single+uniform+process%2C+but+in+a+series+of+stages%2C+as+Piaget+has+shown.+We+have+investigated+such+a+sequential+process+by+taking+as+an+illustrative+example+the+game+of+table+tennis.+The+aims+in+each+stage+of+learning+are+qualitatively+different%2C+and+we+show+in+detail+how+knowledge+gained+during+one+stage+provides+essential+information+for+subsequent+stages.+Conclusions+are+drawn+which+may+be+important+for+artificial+intelligence+work+generally.+The+question+of+practical+implementation+of+a+system+such+as+discussed+is+considered+briefly.&rft.date=1981-01&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F813%2F1%2Ftemp.html&rft.identifier=++Josephson%2C+Brian+D.+and+Hauser%2C+H.+M.++(1981)+Multistage+Acquisition+of+Intelligent+Behaviour.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F813%2F